This incredible 1 Oz Silver coin features the Red Remembrance Poppy, frequently displayed in Anglo-Saxon culture to commemorate fallen soldiers and service personnel. The coin has a unique shape, recreating the outline of a Poppy, has a high relief thanks to the Smartminting technology. Papaver rhoeas (common names include common poppy, corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy or red poppy) is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. This poppy is notable as an agricultural weed (hence the common names including corn and field) and after World War I as a symbol of dead soldiers.
Before the advent of herbicides, P. Rhoeas sometimes was so abundant in agricultural fields that it could be mistaken for a crop. However, the only species of Papaveraceae grown as a field crop on a large scale is Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. The item "REMEMBRANCE POPPY Papaver 1 Oz Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2017" is in sale since Sunday, May 28, 2017. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\Other Oceania Coins".
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